Metallic casket.



1. F. ORR. METALLIC CASKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI.-19l5.

Patented Au 24, 1915.

JOHN F. RR, or cI cINNATI, OHIO, Ass eNoR'To THE cINcINNATI COFFIN OONIPANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION N IIIO.

METALLIC CASKET.

Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 26,448.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN' F. ORR, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Caskets, of which the-following is a specification.

The object of my invention is a casket which has atop molding and an inner lid construction, which permits the lid to-be "moved to an open position, which gives more ready access to the interior of the casket and Y which may be opened and closed easily and quickly. This object is attained by the means described in the specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a central vertical sectionalview of the casket embodying my invention, showing it with the lid raised and the inner cover partly raised and shown partly in elevation and in section, and showing in dotted lines the inner cover in its open position. Fig. 2 is a. sectional detail view of the ogee and "the inner cover. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the ogee and the lid. Fig. 4 is a fragmental .perspective view of the innercover. 30'

Fig. 5. is a detail view of the hinge connection of the inner lid.

Referring to the parts: .The ogee A is made integral with the metal of the body B of the casket and extends continuously around the upper edge thereof. Lid Dis convex and is hinged to one side a: of the 'ogee by means of metallic hooks d, which engage slots 11' in the upper edge of the ogee. It is held in its raised position by a jointed link (2', whichis pivotedat one end to the ogee and at the other end to the lid,

and, in the closed position of the .lid,folds adjacent tothe inner wall of the ogee'. The

inner wall of the ogee is'formed in steps, upon the lower one a of which inner lid' E normally rests. Lid E has at the rear of its base two outwardly projecting pivot pins 6*, which project into an elongated way iormed uponthe step aby metallic brackets ogee.

a, which are secured-to the inner wall of the ogee, adjacent to the rear corners of said wall. The position of the brackets a rela tively to the inner lid E, is shown in Fig. t. The elongated way formed by the brackets a permit theinner lid, when raised, to be pushed rearwardly, 'so that it fits snugly within the lid D, a position in which it,,is

' maintained by means of a-brace rod 6, pivoted at e: to the lid and adapted, at its lower end, to engage a slot in a block a, which is secured to the side of the inner v all of the The top of the inner lid is formed by a convexly curved glass plate E, whose edges rest ina'continuous slot formed between the inturned edge e of the inner lid tion is one which may be performed by one person, as may also the closing operation.

:In the open position the casket is fully Open,

either'for placing the body therein or for viewing the deceased person. The ogee A being made integral with the body B of the casket not .only'increases the depth thereof, but gives a finlshed appearance to the upper edge of the casket, both when it is closed and when it is open. .T he depth of the ca'svket is further increased by the curved glass E, which also adds to the general appear-' anoe thereof, The operation of. forming the ogee in one piece with thebody is simpler and cheaperthan the operations of forming the body of the casket and the ogee in separate parts.

What I claim is:

1. A metal casket having the ogee'fomned integral with the body of the casket, a lid hinged at one side of the ogee, aninner lid hinged to the inner wall of the ogee and adapted in its open position to fit within the outer lid.

2. In a metallic casket, the combination of a body of the casket, an ogee formed,in-

tegral with the upper edge tuereof, a convex In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 11d hinged to the ogee, an inner lid, a convex subscribed my name this 5th day of May, glass top for the inner 11d, and a hinge con- 1915. A.

nection between the inner lid and the ogee, JOHN F. ORR. vhich is adapted to permit the convex glass Witnesses: 1n the open position of the inner lid to fit WV. THORNTON BOGERT,

within the convex lid. ()TTO L. PECKSKAMP'. 

